What do you call something that never happens?

They are called impossible events or zero-probability events.
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How do you say something that never happened?

If by the expression you mean something that has never happened before, then your word is 'unprecedented'. Precedent is an occurrence in the past that serves as an example for the present. Hence, no precedent = unprecedented.
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What is a word for something that has never happened before?

adjective. without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled: an unprecedented event.
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What is something inevitable?

If something is inevitable, it will definitely happen, like death or tax season. Inevitable comes from the Latin word inevitabilis, which means unavoidable. If you say something is inevitable, you give the sense that no matter what scheme you come up with to get around it, it's going to happen sooner or later.
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What is unlikely to happen?

1. not likely to be or occur; improbable; marked by doubt. 2. holding little prospect of success; unpromising; likely to fail. He is an unlikely candidate for reelection.
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What is the synonym of non existent?

synonyms for non-existent

devoid. empty. lacking. missing. nonexistent.
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How would you describe something impossible?

Without use or possibility to be used. Find another word for impossible. In this page you can discover 97 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for impossible, like: difficult, insurmountable, hopeless, illogical, futile, unimaginable, vain, impassable, chimerical, unachievable and incredible.
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What is meant by non existence?

Definition of nonexistence

: absence of existence : the negation of being.
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What is nothingness philosophy?

"Nothingness" is a philosophical term for the general state of nonexistence, sometimes reified as a domain or dimension into which things pass when they cease to exist or out of which they may come to exist, e.g., in some cultures God is understood to have created the universe ex nihilo, "out of nothing".
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Is there such thing as non existence?

Nonexistence is the absence of existence, by definition. So, nonexistence does not exist. Therefore there is no such thing as nonexistence. To say that something does not exist thus seems to be a fallacy, since NOTHING does not exist.
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Is it nonexistent or non-existent?

If you say that something is non-existent, you mean that it does not exist when you feel that it should. Hygiene was non-existent: no running water, no bathroom. If you say that something is non-existent, you mean that it does not exist when you feel that it should.
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What is the synonym of devoid?

lacking, without, free from, free of, empty of, vacant of, void of, bare of, barren of, bereft of, drained of, denuded of, deprived of, depleted of, destitute of, bankrupt of. wanting, in need of. informal minus, sans.
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What does deprived mean?

: to take (something) away from (someone or something) : to not allow (someone or something) to have or keep (something) The change in her status deprived her of access to classified information. The new environmental law will deprive some fishermen of their livelihood.
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What is Devois?

to lack or be without something that is necessary or usual: Their apartment is devoid of all comforts. He seems to be devoid of compassion. Synonym.
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What are some antonyms for devoid?

antonyms for devoid
  • full.
  • complete.
  • filled.
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What is the opposite of existential?

So Existentialism is the opposite of nihilism: the nihilist says "There is no god, no heaven or hell, so screw it: there can be no right or wrong.
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What does spectrally mean?

adjective. of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom. resembling or suggesting a specter. of, relating to, or produced by a spectrum or spectra. resembling or suggesting a spectrum or spectra.
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What is something non-existent?

Something that is non-existent does not exist or is not present in a particular place: Insurance payment for alternative healthcare is virtually non-existent.
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What is absolute nothingness?

Nothingness is the absence of anything. Absolute nothingness is the absence of absolutely everything.
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Can something comes from nothing?

Until we make further progress towards a “theory of everything”, we won't be able to give any definitive answer. The most we can say with confidence at this stage is that physics has so far found no confirmed instances of something arising from nothing.
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Do imaginary objects exist?

According to possibilism (perhaps extended to allow some fictional objects to be impossible objects), fictional objects are just like actual objects, except that they exist only in various non-actual worlds.
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What are negative existentials?

1. Introduction: static semantics and the problem of negative existentials. Let a negative existential be a sentence whose subject is a singular definite NP – proper names and definite descriptions being the paradigmatic cases – and whose VP is 'does not exist'.
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Are thoughts objects?

Closely related are intentional objects, which are what thoughts and feelings are about, even if they are not about anything real (such as thoughts about unicorns, or feelings of apprehension about a dental appointment which is subsequently cancelled).
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What is the Planck epoch?

In cosmology

In Big Bang cosmology, the Planck epoch or Planck era is the earliest stage of the Big Bang, before the time passed was equal to the Planck time, tP, or approximately 1043 seconds.
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